Chief Seattle in his famous speech at a tribal meeting in 1854 expressed the feelings of North American Indians (listen to the recording).

3. Передача змісту висловлювань вождя без використання опор.

And what is our life without nature? I fully agree with Davies, the poet, who expressed his feelings in his poem "Lei­sure". I like it very much. Do you?

4. Декламування вірша.

What is this life, if full of care

We've no time to stand and state,

No time to see when woods we pass

Where squirrels hide their nuts in grass.

No time to see in broad daylight .

Streams full of stars like skies at night.

A poor life this is, full of care,

We've no time to stand and stare.

Really, a poor life this is if we live outside of natural world. Yet, we are constantly destroying our home. And speaking about our smaller brothers, such words as neglection and destruction can be used.

As all the representatives of our conference are members of the Green Peace movement, let us work out some slogans of our conference.

Ні! І am John Brown. I am an ecologist. I have been working in this sphere for 10 years already and I know all its burning problems. Now, I'll give you some interesting facts: By the year 2030 25% of all animals, birds, fish and insects may be extinct. A horrible fact, isn't it? What are the main reasons for it?

Робота зі схемою:

Well, the word "pollution" has just been mentioned. And what is pollution? (the answer: it is the contamination of environment, including air, water and land). Speaking about the air we breathe, we also need a specialist, and I want to invite here the manager of a big industrial enterprise. Іt's a big chemical plant.

7. Діалог-розпит. (Таблиці №№ 5 і 6 - на дошці).

Well, we have got an idea of how acid rains form. Lеt's once more enumerate the steps of the formation of acid rains.

8. Монолог-опис явища.

Pollution means the contamination of water. I want you to relax for some minutes. Listen to these sounds.

9. Запис звуків океанського прибою, крику чайок.

Are these sounds familiar to you? Of course, these are the sounds of the ocean, the great, significant ocean!

Some specialists on the problems of the ocean are present at our conference. Let's invite one of them with a report.

10. Монолог-повідомлення фактів.

And now I invite you to take part in the discussion of the problems, mentioned in Ann Sміth's report.

Ladies and gentlemen! As you know, human beings have two environments. One is the outside world. And the other is their own bodies we have already spoken about and the in­fluence of the outside world on us. And what else can make us seriously ill? We need a doctor here to speak about health problems.

12. Дискусія по опорі:

13. Брейн-ринг із питань екології.

And now it's time for fun! Let's play brain-ring. There are two teams here: the team of ladies and the team of gentle­men.

The questions:

1 . What is ecology?

2 . What are three components of biodiversity?

3 . What is ozone?

4. How many species are there in the world?

5 . How many tropical forests have been cleared up or damages?

6 . What is the projected population in 2050?

7. What factors determine whether a land is a forest, grassland or a desert?

8 . How many people work and live in health-threatening conditions?

14. Опрацювання документа конференції: «Декларація взаємозалежності»

Every conference usually ends with a document. I invite you to work out a document of our conference. Іt'll be "A Declaration of Interdependence". Виконання зворотного перекладу.)

mineral resources, food, clothes raw materials for our industries fresh air: there is no other planet in our sun system with such unique conditions for living enjoyment, because we really enjoy blue lines of rivers, green patches of meadows